The Metal Wizard Turns Talent into a Growing Business

By: Hye June Park

Jason McClain and his wife, Silvia Solorzano, had a vision four years ago to start McClain Metal Works. From a modest beginning in 2014 working from their garage with one client, Jason and Silvia now have a shop, a team of six employees working full time, and lots of ideas to grow in 2019.

Over the years, Jason grew a reputation in Austin
as “The Metal Wizard”. Jason learned on old school 1940 machinery and his talent
earned him recognition which in turn encouraged him to open his own business.

Jason and Silvia manage the business together
from fabrication to office paperwork. “We are constantly learning from our
projects. Every project is unique. Some are designed as a piece of art or as
décor, some are designed for industrial or commercial purposes. Sometimes both
architectural and art are integrated to meet functionality and décor at the
same time. We never get bored with this kind of challenges. McClain Metal
Works’ goals for the business 2019 is to expand their services.”, explains
Silvia.

Currently, they have a nice variety of clients,
from interior designers, architects, construction companies, to DIY homeowners.

The McCain’s story is one with lots of sweat and hard work combined with training, coaching and support from Economic Growth Business Incubator (EGBI) . Silvia took classes at EGBI years before the two of them met. “The people at EGBI are there when we needed them the most, not only with the classes but during the process of the business growing, and to help us to find the solutions that we need.”

“We are so happy at how fast we have expanded
our capabilities. Today, we are a team
of six people working full time in our shop. The more we grow and expand, the
more help we need on operating the business.
We always go to Economic Growth Business Incubator (EGBI) when we need
help, they provide us the coaching we need.”